Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Advance Payment in the Transaction of Goods َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّلَ٠َ وَهُوَ السَّلَفُ فِي الْحَرِيرِ وَالْ٠َتَاعِ الَّذِي يُصْنَعُ فِي الْبَلَدِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ إِذَا كَانَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about advance payment to receive goods on a date in future which is payment in advance for silk or goods made in the location where you live. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is lawful if the time is known.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/219))